Background
Stephen W. Hargarten was born on January 5, 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He is the son of William Hargarten, an engineer, and Joan Hargarten, an antiques dealer.
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
University of Wisconsin
8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
Medical College of Wisconsin
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
University of Wisconsin
8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
Medical College of Wisconsin
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University
National Academy of Medicine (logotype)
(There are few issues more explosive than guns. "Guns don'...)
There are few issues more explosive than guns. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," is an often-heard response to calls for firearm control. But are there ways to make guns safer without placing further restrictions on gun owners? Can guns be engineered to reduce the number and severity of injuries? This book is about guns and new solutions for addressing problems they create. Trudy Karlson and Stephen Hargarten, two experts in public health and injury control, show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities. Just as innovations in the design and technology of motor vehicles succeeded in creating safer cars, Karlson and Hargarten describe how responsible changes to gun products can reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities. The injury control perspective illustrates how the characteristics of guns and ammunition are associated with their ability to cause injury and death. It also provides options for how guns can be re-engineered to ensure a greater degree of safety and protection. Reducing Firearm Injury and Death teaches basic facts about guns and gun injuries, and by reframing the problem of firearms as a public health issue, offers hope for saving lives. There are few issues more explosive than guns. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," is an often-heard response to calls for firearm control. But are there ways to make guns safer without placing further restrictions on gun owners? Can guns be engineered to reduce the number and severity of injuries? This book is about guns and new solutions for addressing problems they create. Trudy Karlson and Stephen Hargarten, two experts in public health and injury control, show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities. Just as innovations in the design and technology of motor vehicles succeeded in creating safer cars, Karlson and Hargarten describe how responsible changes to gun products can reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities. The injury control perspective illustrates how the characteristics of guns and ammunition are associated with their ability to cause injury and death. It also provides options for how guns can be re-engineered to ensure a greater degree of safety and protection. Reducing Firearm Injury and Death teaches basic facts about guns and gun injuries, and by reframing the problem of firearms as a public health issue, offers hope for saving lives.
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1997
Stephen W. Hargarten was born on January 5, 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He is the son of William Hargarten, an engineer, and Joan Hargarten, an antiques dealer.
Hargarten obtained Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1971. He then graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin as a Doctor of Medicine in 1975. Nine years later he earned Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University.
Hargarten's career at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee began in 1989, when he became chairperson there. In 2010 he was named associate dean of the Office of Global Health at that same college. Four years later Hargarten was appointed as a director of the Center for International Health.
(There are few issues more explosive than guns. "Guns don'...)
1997In the 1990s, Hargarten suggested three changes to decrease handgun deaths. His efforts opposing the bullet included writing an editorial on the subject in the Journal of Trauma and assisting other physicians to campaign against it.
Hargarten is a former president of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine.
Now he is the founding president of the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research and serves on the Violence and Injury Prevention Mentoring Committee of the World Health Organization, as well as on the board of directors of the Association for Safe International Road Travel.
Hargarten married Janis Cohn on June 21, 1987. The couple has 3 children - Beth Hargarten Hering, Jordan and Leah.
